by JGuthrie | Feb 13, 2020 | Bell Creek, Chamberlain, Leto, Newsome, Preseason Baseball, Riverview, Robinson, Sickles, Steinbrenner, Wharton
Editor’s note: Our preseason coverage has changed up a bit this season as the FHSAA has realigned the district, making our normal district previews a little bit obsolete with so many out-of-county teams mixed in with our Hillsborough Co. programs. So instead, we have...
by JGuthrie | Feb 12, 2020 | Features, Plant
By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – Plant High’s baseball program added another number to its retired jersey wall as the Panthers honored 2013 alum and 2019 National League Rookie of the Year Pete Alonso on Tuesday night. A whirlwind year for the 25-year-old starting first...
by JGuthrie | Feb 11, 2020 | Alonso, Bloomingdale, Cambridge Christian, Durant, Jefferson, Jesuit, Plant, Preseason Baseball, Seffner Christian
Editor’s note: Our preseason coverage has changed up a bit this season as the FHSAA has realigned the district, making our normal district previews a little bit obsolete with so many out-of-county teams mixed in with our Hillsborough Co. programs. So instead, we have...
by JGuthrie | Feb 11, 2020 | Blake, Chamberlain, East Bay, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Preseason Baseball, Riverview, Robinson
By Jarrett Guthrie Hillsborough County is a hotbed for high school baseball as now nearly 90 players from this county have made it to the Major League Baseball level. Plant alum and current New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso claimed our county’s third...
by JGuthrie | Nov 4, 2019 | Other Sports, Riverview
The Angela Slater Golf Classic is scheduled for Saturday, November 9 at Summerfield Crossing. The event is a fundraiser for the area high school softball scholarship established in honor of the longtime softball and girls golf coach. Slater, who passed away in 2016,...
by JGuthrie | Jun 24, 2019 | Features, Strawberry Crest
Recent Strawberry Crest grad Benny Pues (right) is congratulated at home plate by Chargers and wiffle ball Ballz Deep teammate Kade Manderscheid after hitting a home run at Pues’ MiniFenway field in Plant City. By Jarrett Guthrie, editor PLANT CITY –...
